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With controversies and conversations around hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the news, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People has published a briefing on how the issue relates to the rights of children and young people.

There are many documents that you can study here, including maps, the Environmental Statement and the representations already made in relation to the planning application. But you can no longer lodge an objection on this website as the planning application is now subject to the DPEA's appeal...

This report from AMEC, acting as an independent consultant to Falkirk Council, concluded that "additional information needs to be provided by Dart Energy and RPS" and it recommended that "further consultation is undertaken by Falkirk Council with SEPA once the additional information requested by...

This comprehensive report recommended that Falkirk Council ask the DPEA's Reporter to refuse Dart Energy's appeal. The council's planning committee agreed with the report's recommendations and asked the DPEA Reporter to hold a public inquiry.

We are Concerned Communities of Falkirk (CCoF): local residents, farmers, community councillors and councillors who came together around shared concerns about Dart Energy's application to extract coal bed methane near to and under our homes. The video below outlines these and our journey since...

The animation shows a proposed CBM pilot well development situated in Dart Energy's PEDL 133 licence in Scotland. The animation is for illustration of techniques that will be used in a wider development planned for the area.

In order to demonstrate the signiﬁcant health risks posed by outdated regulatory frameworks, this paper ﬁrst outlines the current state-of-the-art regarding low level exposures to industrial toxins. Next, it relates these failings to the current Proposal to extract gas in Falkirk Local Authority.

In this presentation at the Lismore Community Information evening concerning CSG mining in the Northern Rivers, Dr Lloyd-Smith presents a detailed and devastating analysis of the poisonous effects of this destructive industry.

The recent coal bed methane gas development proposals in Scotland, with possibilities of related extensive fracking looming in the Central Belt, present many challenges for Scotland and raise questions about sustainability and energy policies, economic growth and public health. So says Professor...

A review of the scientific literature providing evidence that adult and early life exposure to chemicals associated with UOG operations can result in adverse reproductive health and developmental effects in humans.

An independent health survey in the Tara rural residential estates and environs.
This report documents an investigation during February and March 2013 by a concerned General Practitioner, in relation to health complaints by people living in close proximity to coal seam gas development in SW...

This analysis from PSE Health Energy is intended to provide a cursory overview of what is currently known about the potential impacts of shale gas development on human health and the environment. It includes only the published peer-reviewed literature available on the subject. Specifically, this...

As natural gas production rapidly increases across the U.S., its associated pollution has reached the stage where it is contaminating essential life support systems - water, air, and soil - and causing harm to the health of humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and vegetation. This project was...

This is the perfect introduction to Unconventional Gas (UG) in Scotland. In this Parliamentary Briefing, Scottish Environment Link, a Scottish Charity, make a very convincing case against UG extraction.

This Report argues that the UK Government has a clear and urgent duty to fully investigate the human rights implications of fracking before authorising any exploratory or extractive fracking operations in the UK.

When new technology offers us great promise – and the new gas boom certainly does, offering up cheap, clean energy and jobs galore – it's worth taking time to consider what lessons can we learn from history.

This study, commissioned by the European Climate Foundation, reviews the technical and economic status of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) technologies, and develops a series of scenarios to assess the possible implications for the climate.